Search Results: Authors starting with S from Itchen Books

Handsigned by the author to the front endpaper (not dedicated); 'ENJOY!!! Burt 'BS'Levy. No other inscriptions. Fourth novel in author/racer BS Levy's celebrated, cult-classic and utterly hilarious THE LAST OPEN ROAD series about a young New Jersey gas station mechanic growing up, coming of age and learning about life, love and motorsports during the Eisenhower fifties.International postage (outside the UK) is likely to cost extra above that initially quoted by Biblio for this heavy volume.

True UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Illustrated with monochome frontispice and photographic plates (all collated and present). Very Good condition, with no inscriptions. In original dustwrapper which is price-clipped, with edge chips/tears and loss of upper half of spine panel (hence 'Fair' condition). The dustwrapper is now protected in a non-adhesive, acid-free, transparent Melinex protector (which could be easily removed if so desired).
Particularly scarce true UK 1st Edition in original dustwrapper (this 1st Printing has brick red boards, silver lettering and lacked a price to the dustwrapper spine panel - later printings are bound in orange boards with black lettering to the spine and some have a 3/6 price overprint to the dustwrapper spine).

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing. 272pp + 8pp publisher's advertisements to the rear. Early fading to spine, with slant to text block. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims / page edges. Still, generally, a tight, attractive volume. No inscriptions.

Very Good condition with neat owner's name to front endpaper and only occasional spotting. 1st Edition (with correct advertisements for 'Payment Deferred' and 'Love Lies Dreaming'). 314pp + 6pp publisher's advertisements to rear. Uncommon.

188pp. At least Very Good condition, internally clean and bright with no inscriptions. In original dustwrapper which is price-clipped and has loss to head/tail of spine, and edge tears (near Very Good condition). Illustrated endpapers, title vignette, headpieces and illustrations by Robert Lawson. Particularly scarce true UK 1st Edition in striking original dustwrapper. War-economy production. The dustwrapper is now protected in a non-adhesive, acid-free, transparent Melinex protector (which could be easily removed if so desired).

Good. No dust jacket. 284pp + 4pp publisher's advertisements to rear. Faded spine & patchy fading to rear cover, marks to boards and rubbing to page edges. A Good, solid, complete UK 1st Edition-one of the scarcest early Forester titles. Correct advertisements to 1927 (including Payment Deferred / Love Lies Dreaming / The Wonderful Week).

12mo, paginated [225]-252. Extracted from volume XI of 'The Pamphleteer' London: A. J. Valpy, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane. 1818, 1817. Text is clear and complete. On lightly-aged paper. Title page reads: 'An Address to the Guardian Society. London. 1817. No. XXI. Pam. Vol. XI. P'. The following gives an impression of the sceptical tone in which this pamphlet is written. 'Your Society is declared to be, "for the preservation of public morals," a most praise-worthy and highly commendable institution. But how do you propose to preserve the public morals? Why, by "providing temporary asylums for prostitutes removed by the operation of the laws from the public streets, and affording to such of them as are destitute, employment and relief." This may be very well, so far as it goes; but it is certainly going a very short way towards the preservation of public morals.' Both this reprint from Valpy's magazine 'The Pamphleteer' and the original are scarce, with the only copies of either on COPAC at the British… Read More

1st UK Edition. Illustrated throughout by Osbert Lancaster. Quirky and witty vintage guide to London which "covers a wider range of subjects in its 104 pages than any comparable volume - how to see a murder trial or a newspaper printed; where to find a jazz club, a tartan kilt or a Turkish bath; City taverns and ducal homes to visit; where to buy caviar or a hat, glass eyes or riding boots and a thousand other things.". Very Good condition indeed with no inscriptions.

Illustrated oversize programme for Knebworth '80. Thumbed/rubbed condition (looks to have been at the Festival!). No writing or inscriptions. Scarce.

Very Good condition, with no inscriptions. Complete set of 50 colour cards in original album with double page map and printed descriptions.The cigarette cards in the set are; 1 Gibraltar - The rock from the coast, 2 Granada - The Alhambra,3 Barcelona - The Rambla, 4 Marseilles - View from the Harbour, 5 Nice - The Tower and Bay, 6 Monaco - Monte Carlo, 7 Milan - The Cathedral, 8 Pisa - The Cathedral and Leaning Tower, 9 Elba - Napoleon's Villa, 10 Ajaccio - A Corsican Thoroughfare, 11 Rome - St Peter's from the Tiber, 12 Rome - The Colosseum, 13 Naples - The Town and Bay of Naples, 14 Pompeii - View towards Vesuvius, 15 Messina - The Town and Strait, 16 Venice - The Rialto, 17 Trieste - The Grand Canal, 18 Athens - The Acropolis, 19 Lemnos - By Madros Bay, 20 Constantinople - The Mosque of St.Sophia, 21 The Bosporus - View from a Turkish Fort. 22 Smyrna - Entrance to a Turkish Baz, 25 Syrian Desert - A Camel Caravan, 26 Damascus - A Typical Street, 27 Damascus - Native Olive Dealers, 28 Bagdad… Read More

Original CDV dating from c1880. Henry W. Longfellow. By Sarony, 680 Broadway. (Napoleon Sarony 1821-1896). Very Good condition. 19th Century label to reverse for Edgar Lincoln, Photograph Dealer, High Holborn, London.

240pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Very Good condition with previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. In Very Good original dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is now protected by an archival quality, acid-free, transparent Melinex non-adhesive cover, which could be easily removed if required.

3x 1st Edition / 1st Printings of Dorothy Scannell's first books, all inscribed to the front endpapers by the author to June Gosling:

Mother Knew Best : An East End Childhood (1974). Inscribed 'Every Good wish June, Dorothy Scannell'. (Previous owner;s name 'June Gosling' to corner of rear pastedown)
Dolly's War (1975). Inscribed 'Every Good wish June, Dorothy Scannell'.
Dolly's Mixture (1977). Inscribed 'June Gosling In Friendship, Dolly Scannell'.

All in Very Good condition with minor fox spots mainly to page edges, in original, near Very Good unclipped dustwrappers which have some edge toning/wear. Accompanying is a 1974 newspaper clipping regarding the author.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Frontispiece, black/white photographic plates, line-maps, and map endpapers ('The Assault Beach' & 'Bremen - the Final Dispositions'). Near Very Good condition, with no inscriptions (particularly clean / bright, with the condition marked down due to a strip of browning where a bookmark was left inserted between pages 138/139). In original Very Good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 12s 6d)."I had the great honour to command the 3rd Division in the early days of World War II. During those days the Division gained for itself a very fine reputation; it never failed to achieve what was required from it; it always stood firm as a rock in battle. This reputation was maintained in the campaign in North-West Europe from the assault on the beaches of Normandy until the capture of the City of Bremen; right up to the end of the war."

UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing, with complete numberline 1-10 to the copyright page. Handsigned by the author to the 'Signed by the Author' front endpaper (not the more common bookplate version). No personalisation or other inscriptions. Very Good condition, in Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published Price £14.99). The dustwrapper is a little oversize resulting in shelf 'crushing' to the upper edge. It is now protected by a transparent, acid-free, non-adhesive protector (which can be easily removed if desired). There is a 'Signed Exclusive Edition' sticker to the protector. This is the scarcer Waterstones variant, with blue (rather than red) dustwrapper, and additional bonus material bound to the rear (Pages 365-369).

Engraved frontispiece. Advertisement following contents states that there were diagrams "suitable for illustrations of the following lectures " published by the Working Men's Educational Union available for purchase separately. They are referred to in the text of this book by number, but none are included with this book. Minor rubbing to spine and corner bumping. Neat previous owners name to front pastedown. BENJAMIN SCOTT (1814-1892) served as Chamberlain of the City of London from 1858 until his death. He was also a committed social activist of the age working with figures such as Josephine Butler and W. T. Stead.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1952. Handsigned / dated by the author to the title page "Christopher Savage 17 Sep 56". Illustrated with photographic plates and black and white drawings by the author. Colour frontispiece and dustwrapper illustration by Peter Scott. Very Good, clean, tight condition, with no other inscriptions. In Good original dustwrapper which has fading to the spine and edge chips / tears, but is not price-clipped (Published price 25s).

326pp. 1st Edition. The author's second book, after 'Beacon Cross'. Near Very Good condition ?lacking dedication page?. With loosely inserted note "To Geoffrey, Wishing you a Very Happy New Year J. Newton 7/1/39.". The significance of this note is uncertain, with Dunn Severick likely to be a pseudonym (Possibly relating to Dunseverick in Northern Ireland). In original dustwrapper by "C.M" which is not price-clipped (published price 7/6). The wrapper is in only Fair condition, with loss of a large section to upper spine, tear to fold of rear flap and some further edge chips.A contemporary newspaper review:Mr Dunn Severick is evidently a writer of some penetrative ability and power of analysis. In "Drayton Wins" a conflict is fought between two men, the one deprived of every weapon of defence except inflexible determination; the other with every advantage that a man can bend to ruthless and ignoble purpose. The futility of human strife which denies satisfaction even to the victim, is well brought out,… Read More

German language. Original 8pp prospectus for "The Tragedy of Hamlet Price of Denmark" by William Shakespeare. Includes specimen title page and text pages 10/11. Very Good condition with no writing. Attached to the rear is an postcard to order the book.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing with correct numberline 1-10 to copyright page. Handsigned (with no inscription or dedication) to the title page by the poet. Very Good+, clean tight condition, in Very Good+ original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price £12.99).